Learn how you can accelerate your startup with the help of an incubator program! You will be able to hear how and why teams get selected, what incubators look for in a perfect proposal, and how can you get the most out of an accelerator program.

Dave McClure (@davemcclure), the founder of 500 Startups, an internet seed fund and startup incubator in Silicon Valley that has made investments in 250+ companies, including Twilio, Wildfire Interactive, TaskRabbit, MakerBot, and Sendgrid. Dave is a startup investor, former software developer & entrepreneur, tech blogger, marketing nerd, and fan of tech entrepreneurship.

Dave Graham (@davidzonabay) has been starting, building, and investing in technology startups for more than a decade as Managing Partner at ArizonaBay Technology Ventures. Previously, Dave co-founded consumer Internet startup OpenAuto in 1999. Dave believes in lean startups, the Customer Development model, and that too much capital too soon can be fatal for new ventures - a perspective he brings as board member at CloudSponge, TrustMe, and UberGateway. Dave is a featured speaker at conferences such as Opportunity Green, Global Clean Energy Congress and Net Impact, and is an expert applicant reviewer for the Department of Energy's Sunshot Incubator Program.

Sana Choudary (@SanaOnGames) is the CEO/Founder of YetiZen, an incubator focused entirely on game studio and emerging platform startups. YetiZen is now the most significant and intensive accelerator in the games space, that strives to quickly reshape the face of the game industry.

Jackie V. Hernandez is the Vice President of Operations and Customer Engagement at PlugandPlayTechCenter.com business accelerator that allows emerging companies to succeed among other like-minded creative entrepreneurs. In this role, Jackie has been instrumental in creating the extraordinary business-accelerator concept for high-tech, high-growth companies.

The SF TechCrunch Party was originally started in honor of TechCrunch's 5 year anniversary. The group now organizes events which are relevant to Startups, developers, and entrepreneurship in the bay area.